Resources

General knitting instruction

about.com's knitting site, a good repository of very useful information mixed with some not-so useful information

Sock knitting instruction

Lauri B's Toes and Heels gives links to just about everything you need to know to knit a sock. Pick a cast on, heel, toe, cast off, etc and off you go! If the link is broken, try this archive

The Socknitters list on yahoo is a group of 10,000 sock addicted knitters, some of which love to answer questions of newbies.

Sock Generators

Hate math and need help designign a sock pattern to fit a specific foot, or to adjust for gauge? They one of these free sock calculators. Once you know about how many stitches to cast on, you can use that to adjsut an existing pattern, or just knit the plain sock as directed by the calculator. I would also point out that most of these do NOT subtract negative ease - if you would like to do that please subtract it from your measurements before you enter them.

I'm sure there are other yarn stores out there that totally rock. These are just my favorites. If you are NOT a shop owner and would like to recommend a shop, please e-mail me their name, URL, and why you like them.